It’s officially springtime in the UK, but winter is still making an appearance this week as a strong low pressure system brings blizzard conditions, strong to gale-force winds and heavy rains to portions of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. Up to 48,000 homes across Northern Ireland are without power due to the storm. [...]
Another round of snow is expected across portions of Wyoming and Colorado today as a low pressure system pushes across the Rockies and into the Southern Plains. Snowfall amounts of up to 9 inches will be possible with isolated heavier amounts into the higher elevations. Of course this next round of winter weather only comes [...]
Spring is less than two weeks away and like many of you, I’m ready for the warmer weather. This has been one of the snowiest winters on record for parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, including Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Even the southern U.S. broke snowfall records with the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport recording [...]
Once again there’s a flow from the Pacific Ocean to southern California, to the Southwest, to Texas. Once again, El Niño-fueled storms are bringing rain and snow to the southern 1/3 of the United States. And once again cold and snow are pushing unusually far south into Texas. Snow and sleet are expected to increase [...]
Cold weather over North America often has its source region over the plateaus of Siberia in central Russia. Long-range forecasters look not just to Canada, but to Siberia for answers to "Just how cold will this winter be?" Under strong high pressure and sitting atop snow and ice, the cold air pools over the Siberian [...]
Recent posts here on YourWeatherBlog have mentioned how London and Paris have exceeded their average annual snowfall of about 10 inches, and there is still plenty of winter to go. We found this wonderful image of a snow-covered Britain and thought you would enjoy it as much as we do! Photo: Jan 7, 2010. NASA/GSFC, [...]
With winter in full swing across the Northern Hemisphere and the USA beginning to undergo a major Arctic outbreak of record-breaking temperatures, it’s worth noting where the cold and snow are consistent companions year after year. U.S. cities with the coldest daily average high temperature (Jan & Feb): Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 31.2 F Chicago, Illinois: [...]
Though about 2/3s of the country is currently experiencing temperatures well below normal, it’s about to get colder. And so on the heels of the weekend New England blizzard that dumped record-breaking snows in many areas, the nation begins to prepare for even more cold – and more cold. Cold like we haven’t seen in [...]
Earlier this week a strong cold front that moved off the Atlantic has been taking temperatures unusually low and making snowfall accumulations unusually high from Milan to Minsk. As many as 100 deaths have been blamed on the cold. In Germany, temps fell to -33C while icy runways and rails cancelled flights and trains across [...]
A winter storm is on track to move through the Northern and Central Plains starting Wednesday through the holiday weekend. Large amounts of snow are anticipated and for many, travel delays should be expected. Snow is expected to begin in the Northern and Central Plains Wednesday with a period of rain mixing with [...]